Brown on Wake Forest in a prior interview with Deacons Illustrated: "I got to learn a lot more about the academic side of Wake Forest [at its Junior Day Saturday, Feb. 25]. I learned that the classes aren't very big, and the professors are not more one-on-one, but a little more personal than it would be at a big school. That would be one of my reasons of picking a college."

"I think they [his parents] liked the visit a lot. They also liked the academic side of it, and how they told us Wake Forest was like an Ivy League school playing against BCS colleges."

He claims scholarship offers from East Carolina, Illinois, Toledo and Wake Forest, and is receiving interest from many other schools.

Jonathan Himebauch is recruiting Johnson for the Demon Deacons.Johnson on Wake Forest in a prior interview with MDHigh.com: "I was really happy to get this offer because Wake is obviously a great school. I'm going to be looking at them because they were one of the first BCS schools besides Illinois to take a chance on me."

He recorded 62 tackles, 11 sacks and five pass breakups, and caught three touchdown passes last season.